In “Feminist Politics Where We Stand,” by Bell Hooks, she describes feminism as a movement whose goal is to eradicate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. According to this definition of feminism, this movement aims to put an end to the cruel and unfair treatment of people based on their gender and sex. In another essay, bell hooks claimed that some people mistake feminism with a desire to be equal to or hostile toward males. I agree with Bell Hooks since the mass media typically portrays feminism as radical, going to great lengths to struggle for equal treatment (equal pay to the opposing sex or even being treated equally to the opposite sex). I think everyone should be treated fairly regardless of their gender, sex, or race. 

My understanding of gender has improved since reading the article sex and gender 101. According to what I understand, a culture assigns a person’s gender based on the family they are born into. It looks like people are being forced to be something in this description that they may not want to be. I think that your internal feelings and the roles you feel most at ease in determine your gender. For instance, even though your assigned gender is female, deep inside you know that is not what you want to be. Additionally, I discovered that there are three different kinds of gender: gender assignment, gender identity, and gender expression. The gender you are assigned is your gender. Whether you feel more feminine than masculine or more masculine than feminine, gender identification refers to how comfortable you are with yourself. Gender expression is the act of expressing one’s gender through one’s choice of clothing, makeup, and haircut. I thought the article’s discussion of sex focused more on the science vs gender debate. It also discusses the XY chromosome, which indicates that you will be assigned a male, and the XX chromosome, which indicates that you are assigned a female. Sex is more about your external genitalia.